Lawyer Arrested

DIGEST

A Broward County attorney was arrested on Tuesday on charges of trying to carry a gun into the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach.

Robert Rabin, 34, was charged with carrying a concealed firearm. He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and released after posting $3,000 bail, a jail spokesman said.

Security officers noticed the .22-caliber pistol in Rabin`s belongings after he passed them through the X-ray at the courthouse entrance, sheriff`s officials said.

Rabin could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

Sheriff`s deputies said Rabin told them that the gun belonged to his wife and that he had placed it in his bag so it would not be stolen from his car. He told them he forgot to take it out before entering the courthouse.